1975 Bay Window Camper Van For Sale

For sale is a 1975 Bay Window Camper Van, 1.6 litre engine.

I have owned it since June 2006, and have since spent lots of time and money on it and also had some amazing times away in it. It is with great sadness to sell. I spent 5 months in 2008 travelling around Europe with my girlfriend and it did not once let me down! If you are interested, the previous posts on this blog are about our travelling and also the restoration work that I have had done on the van.

I have included within here a lot of photo's, however if that takes a long time to load, then click on the facebook link that I have also included. The photo's on facebook have been made slightly smaller so may load quicker.

There are also photo’s of when the van was in the process of having the work carried out on it, to show some of what has been done.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=227371&id=537150036&l=850761efda

Here is a list of all the body work that I have had done to it:-

1. Front Lower Panel has been replaced
2. All window seals have been replaced
3. New Drivers door with ¼ opening light
4. New Passengers Door with ¼ opening light
5. New Rear Hatch
6. New Engine Lid
7. Replaced lower section of sliding door
8. Rear Passengers side wheel arch
9. Rear passenger side lower quarter panel
10. Rear Drivers side lower quarter panel
11. Various sills
12. New Engine Bay Rubber Seal
13. New Driver and Passenger door rubber scrapers and chrome edging
14. Rubber seals around indicators
15. Rubber seal around sliding door
16. Rubber seal around rear hatch
17. Total Re-sprayed including roof
18. New Roof edging trim
19. Leather seats in the front (very comfy)
20. Drivers side battery tray
21. Passengers side battery tray

Engine/Electrics:-
1. The previous owner that I bought the van off had the top half of the engine re-built (Pistons, Valves etc). I have receipts for this.
2. New carburetor fitted in June 06
3. New Alternator fitted in May 08
4. Engine was taken out and steam cleaned in May 08 – it is very clean!
5. When the engine was steam cleaned, I was advised that it is the gold model, which is the highest spec engine available.
6. Split Charger for leisure battery (the leisure battery charges up whilst the engine is running)
7. 240V Electric hook-up –this is in the engine bay. I did this so I didn’t have to cut a hole in the new bodywork and in my opinion looks a lot tidier. This is then connected to a 4 3-pin plug adaptor
8. Double Cigarette Lighter in Front and single cigarette lighter in the back
9. Two 3-pin plug sockets in back that run off an inverter that runs off the leisure battery
10. Two strip lights in the van
11. New Battery (main battery)

Interior:-
1. I have designed and built the interior for what I thought would make the most out of the space and incorporate everything that I needed. I used marine ply, which has a very nice finish to it.
2. Brand New professionally made curtains purchased Summer 2007 – fits in with the black and white check theme
3. With the high roof, the amount of space this offers is brilliant. Being 6ft 3, I can stand up easily.
4. I have replaced all interior door cards and wall panels with black leatherette. This is a very hard wearing material and looks very smart especially in the front next to the leather seats.
5. I have carpeted underneath the drivers and passengers seats and put some insulation underneath this also. This dampens the sound noise and keeps it a bit warmer also.
6. There is a fridge in-between the rear two seats. The fridge is a 3-way fridge and runs off gas, 240v and 12v (Waeco brand fridge). You can run it off the cigarette lighter whilst your driving (or the inverter) then change to 240v when you get to a site with electric hook-up – I must stress that the fridge is a bit temperamental. I have not tested it for a while, and will try to look into it. It could be something very simple like a fuse. I will update further once I have looked into it. Also, I remember using it with gas, and was very smelly, so wouldn’t recommend using in the van due to fumes etc.
7. I put the black and white checked flooring down as it is very easy to keep clean and looks very smart.
8. I have put in LOADS of storage in the van. There is a unit behind the drivers seat, a storage unit under each of the rear seats, a cupboard at the back of the van above the rear seats, additional storage when the roof closes (above the cab area and at the back), and I raised the bed so that you can put quite a lot of stuff in there. This was all built knowing that we would be using it for 5 months, so needed the space – we were never short of space
9. The bed is the full width of the van and about 6 foot long (pretty much double size). It is very comfy, with good foam used (bought from new) for the cushions. We slept without any problems for 5 months, so would be fine for a 2 week holiday.

This van comes with a Reimo awning (this is in one of the pictures) that attaches onto the side and provides so much extra space. It has an inner tent which can comfortable sleep 2 people. We used this a lot in the hotter months around Europe.

This is soon to be featured in VW Camper and Bus Magazine where they are doing an article of our journey around Europe.

This will be provided with 6 months Road Tax and 12 months M.O.T.

Please contact me if you require more info, there is a lot to mention and I am happy to answer any questions that you have.

As already mentioned, for additional pictures of the van, please click on…

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=227371&id=537150036&l=850761efda

Please get in touch to arrange a viewing. This is located just outside Norwich.

No Breakdowns!!!

Well well well...a little bit of a surprise for those of you that don't know, but I'll keep you waiting til the end before I give it away!

Vienna was where I got up to, so...We stayed about 8 miles from Vienna, but we were right on the train track, so we got the train in. Really nice trains, Austrian trains are. Lovely things. Oh, while i'm talking of trains, saw this, may me laugh a bit. Don't know if Whit reads this thing or not.



There is loads and loads to see and it is a very beautiful city. Austria on the whole was absolutely top notch. A country that has it all I would say. Here are some of the buildings...















It was pretty cold here, so we both went to H&M and bought some hats. You may have already seen these, if not, they will be popping up in some photos. I also bought a coat as someone seems to wear mine all the time because she didn't bring one!

They have a lot of horseys in Vienna, and are famous for the Lippanzer (I think that’s how you spell it) horses which are brown at birth then change colour to white. They use them in the Spanish riding school, and after hearing really interesting things, thought it best to go. We went to see them at what they called "morning exercise with music" and basically it wasn't that great. Unless you like paying EUR 12 to see horses being trotted, it was OK, but too expensive. In the evening shows they do some crazy dance moves with them and I thought that we would see this, but we didn't. This is them...



Here's just some other horseys...



Having a lot of horseys therefore means a lot of horse poo here and there. That isn't a problem at all. But come on pigeons. What are you playing at?!



Mental note. Never kiss a pigeon!

Here is one of me with some high flying big shots in Austria.



We did have a couple of drinks in Austria too which was pretty good stuff...





It also must have been fashion week too, because we saw this outfit which I think screams classy!



Also, to keep you on the edge of your seats, there have been a few funny signs spotted and photographed in Austria, so these can be your treat for reading through this thing...

Oh, last one in Vienna now. Becky rather took a shine to what I can only imagine is one of their M.P's..



From Vienna, we then headed west slightly towards Salzburg, but the couple that we met in Budapest said that they went to Lake Attersee and thought that it was beautiful, so as we were literally driving past it, we stopped here for a bite to eat and a little leg stretch. It was very lovely.



We got to Salzburg, and the site was probably one of the most expensive we have stayed at even in the off peak, so we made the most of being here and went into Salzburg straight away. We were 3 miles away and had a brilliant bike path all along the river to get us into the city. Austria didn't let us down with Salzburg. It was another quality city. It was much smaller than Vienna, but totally unique. It seemed that nothing was there, but behind the first row of buildings everything was then set back and had a really nice atmosphere. There was some massive festival thing on with a big old beer tent which wasn't planned by us, so we made use of this. We decided that our dinner tonight would consist of junk food and beer. It started with a giant pretzel/strudel thing...





After this we thought that climbing up to the castle would then deserve us more junk food. This was the fellow we wanted to get too...



We got to the top and had some brilliant views over the city...







So. We got to the bottom and hit the beer tent. It was pretty awesome and very unexpected. We sat here for a while, drank beer and ate Sauerkraut with sausages, which is awesome stuff. Here is the beer lady. We asked for a photo and she went to take one of us. We said "no one of you," she said "me???" we said "yes, you?"



Good old Helda!



This is what the beer tent looked like. The ooompa looopa band got everyone singing along and standing on the tables by the end. It was very good.



After enough beer, we then went via a chocolate pretzel shop but decided that I had to have my photo taken with this little dame...



A 100 mile drive took us too...





Munich, Oktoberfest! After all the stupid sized beer throughout Europe, we get here and my lord of all tankards...



They're bloody massive. Anyway, they are...



Nice Jugs! Sorry Becky! This was literally one of the craziest things i have ever seen. The amount of people is ridiculous. The bands are brilliant. The food is awesome. After 3.30pm I have no idea how you are supposed to go if you haven't reserved a seat as everywhere we went was absolutely packed. We had enough time to get about 3 litres of beer inside us then stumble around. There is also something probably quite similar to that of Michael Jacksons Garden in the area round there...



Here are some photos of us drinking and generally at the Beer Fest...









So. Oktoberfest in Munich was officially our last night out. We were heading on our way home and made the 500 mile drive from Munich getting to the Hook of Holland an hour before we set sail. It was a bit close at one point when I had to get under the van various times to sort out the same problem as last time, but this time it was made worse because I think that it was the local spot where all the trams urinate and didn't have a fresh smell about it! I think I was in the "get the van fixed" zone that I managed to be distracted by how foul it really was! We are both now back in England. The most surprising of all is that we have got back to England without one single call to Mr Breakdown Man, so I think it is time to whoop and cheer for the good old battle axe that has been sporting his orange and white coat all around Europe...Mike! Bravo.

Right, as a treat for reading through this post and all the others, the grand finale will be these...(I just hope I haven't made it too big a build up for it)